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The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century and has seen a long line of illustrious scientists and thinkers among its fellowship. The society's Assistant Secretary and Librarian, Charles Richard Weld (1813–1869), spent four years writing this two-volume History of the Royal Society, published in 1848, which also includes illustrations by his wife, Anne. Weld's aim was to document the 'rise, progress, and constitution' of the society. He charts how the informal meetings of like-minded men engaged in scientific pursuits in the mid-1600s developed into a prestigious society that by 1830 counted as one of the world's most influential scientific institutions.

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Date Published: May 2011

format: Multiple copy pack

isbn: 9781108028196

dimensions: 324 x 250 x 70 mm

weight: 1.8kg

contains: 15 b/w illus.

availability: Available

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface 1. State of literature and science in Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries 2. Origin of Royal Society involved in some obscurity 3. The Restoration favourable to the establishment of a philosophical society 4. Large proportion of physicians amongst the early members of the Society 5. Early labours of the Society 6. Memoir of Lord Brouncker 7. Evelyn's designs for the Society's armorial bearings 8. Sorbière's account of his visit to the Society 9. Committee concerning Chelsea College 10. Memoir of Sir J. Williamson 11. Memoir of Samuel Pepys 12. Memoir of Lord Pembroke 13. Memoir of Lord Somers 14. Memoir of Sir Isaac Newton 15. House occupied by the Society in Crane Court 16. Impetus given to the study of meteorology 17. Memoir of Martin Folkes.
Volume 2:1. Memoir of Lord Macclesfield 2. Memoir of Lord Morton 3. Memoir of Sir James Burrow 4. Revision of Statutes 5. Government announce their intention of providing apartments for the Society in Somerset House 6. Dissensions in the Society 7. The Society petition George III for funds to commence a geodaetical survey 8. Establishment of the Royal Institution 9. The Society resume the consideration of the North-west Passage 10. Memoir of Sir Humphry Davy 11. The Society receive a letter from the Treasury respecting Mr. Babbage's calculating machine 12. Harris's lightning-conductors 13. Memoir of Davies Gilbert 14. Retrospective review of the labours of the Society Appendix Index.

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